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Document 0649
DOCN M9460649
TI Self-help groups: a key to HIV risk reduction for high-risk injection
drug users?
DT 9408
AU Sibthorpe B; Fleming D; Gould J; National Centre for Epidemiology and
Population Health,; Australian National University, Canberra.
SO J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1994 Jun;7(6):592-8. Unique Identifier :
AIDSLINE MED/94231464
AB While recent studies indicate that injection drug users (IDUs) can
change their behavior to reduce injection risk of HIV, it remains
unclear which users are most likely to change and which mediating
variables are most amenable to intervention. We report a study in which
a cohort of high-risk IDUs was followed over time to determine which
variables were associated with reduced injection risk of HIV. Of 317
IDUs who at baseline had shared a dirty needle in the previous 30 days,
234 (74%) were followed for 6 months. Of these, 107 (46%) reported
reduced or eliminated injection risk between the baseline and follow-up
interviews, 82 (35%) by not injecting and 25 (11%) by not sharing
syringes. Those who attended self-help meetings between the two
interviews were almost twice as likely to report reduced or eliminated
risk as those who did not attend (OR = 1.92; p = 0.04). The findings
suggest that, at least, IDUs in self-help groups comprise a population
amenable to HIV interventions and, at most, that self-help groups may
play an important role in reducing the risk of HIV in out-of-treatment
populations.
DE Adult Cohort Studies Female Follow-Up Studies Human HIV
Infections/*PREVENTION & CONTROL Interviews Male Middle Age
Regression Analysis Risk Factors *Self-Help Groups Substance Abuse,
Intravenous/*COMPLICATIONS/THERAPY Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. JOURNAL
ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).